Heavy Snow, Knox
- When
- January 1, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.606, -99.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Texas, January 1, 1996
A strong cold front moved into North Texas during the very early morning hours of New Year's Day. Rainfall behind the front turned to snow within a few hours of frontal passage, and lasted until very late evening.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
A strong cold front moved into North Texas during the very early morning hours of New Year's Day. Rainfall behind the front turned to snow within a few hours of frontal passage, and lasted until very late evening. One area of heavier snow fell from Knox City to Henrietta. During the more than 18 hours of snowfall, snow accumulations reached 4 inches in Knox City in Knox County and in Archer City in Archer County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Baylor
- When
- January 1, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Baylor forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.617, -99.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Archer
- When
- January 1, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Archer forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.615, -98.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Clay
- When
- January 1, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, January 1, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, January 1, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, January 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 1 to 31, 1996
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, January 1, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 1, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, January 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, January 1, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 1 to 4, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, January 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5547553, 5547554, 5547555, 5547556.